IIT Kanpur hosts International Conference on Precision, Micro, Meso, and Nano Engineering, COPEN12

The international conference by IIT Kanpur started on December 8 and will conclude today, December 10, 2022. The three broad themes are - Precision Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, and Measurements and Smart Manufacturing.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has organised the international conference on Precision, Micro, Meso, and Nano Engineering, COPEN12. It started on December 8, 2022, and will be completed by today, December 10, 2022.

With rapid development in the fields of Precision, Micro, Meso, and Nano Engineering, the future holds growing scope for India to become atmanirbhar (self-reliant) in these domains. These key engineering domains contribute largely to the fields of affordable healthcare, space exploration, defence, aerospace, and allied areas. The conference emphasizes seeking deliberations for the advancement of research in these areas, said the IIT Kanpur statement.

Professor Abhay Karandikar, Director of IIT Kanpur said, “The manufacturing sector has been witnessing rapid changes with the advent of newer and better technologies in the recent past. The future holds multi-dimensional opportunities in manufacturing where India would play a vital role. With significant research in Precision, Micro, Meso, and Nano Engineering from our researchers, India could be atmanirbhar soon and also a leader in manufacturing technologies. I believe this conference would give a diverse platform for the delegates and attendees to deliberate on the challenges and solutions to accelerate the objectives of Skill India and Make in India initiatives, especially in the field of manufacturing.”

More details of the conference

The conference caters to three broad themes - Precision Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, and Measurements and Smart Manufacturing. COPEN12's goal is to bring the young Indian manufacturing research community together, and one way to do this was to have early-career faculty members give talks at the conference.

The conference received a total of 215 submissions, out of which, 175 have been accepted. More than 300 delegates from the industry, international community, government R&D labs, faculty, and students are attending this edition to present more than 100 papers and around 40 posters at the conference. This includes 15 invited talks from distinguished technical experts from India and abroad, as well as three keynote addresses from key industry personnel, where they would present the problems and deliberate on finding solutions.

There are three different presentation tracks available: an alpha-track for presenting posters that showcase early-stage research and development; a beta-track for presenting 4-page papers that showcase research that has reached some maturity; and a delta-track for presenting improvements to research that has already been published in reputable international journals within the past year.

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